Asteraceae Gutierrezia sarothrae (Pursh) Britt. & Rusby
Broom Snakeweed
Navajo, Kayenta - Drug, Ceremonial Medicine
Use documented by:
Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 48
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Gutierrezia sarothrae (Pursh) Britt. & Rusby
Scientific name: Gutierrezia sarothrae (Pursh) Britt. & Rusby
USDA symbol: GUSA2 (
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Common names: Broom Snakeweed
Family: Asteraceae
Family (APG): Asteraceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Kayenta
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Ceremonial Medicine
Notes: Plant used as a ceremonial fumigant ingredient.
RECRD: 86981 id: 16317